Once open, the park will complete a cycle that has taken about a year to complete. The city council approved the plans last December after moving the proposed park from along Seven Mile to behind the fire station at Bicentennial Park.

The second phase will cost roughly $107,000, which will come from budgeted funds. The city council is expected to approve a contract with Warren-based American Fence at its next regular meeting after reviewing the proposal at its Sept. 6 study meeting.

Fees

Also reviewed by the council at that meeting were the proposed fees for users of the dog park. It's expected Livonia residents will pay $30 per year for their first dog and $10 per year for each additional dog up to three.

Davis said those fees line up with other communities that have dog parks. The Wayne County Dog Park in Westland costs $20 per dog, Novi's costs $30 for the first dog and $12 for every dog after, Canton's is $25 per dog and Farmington Hills charges $30 for the first dog and $10 per dog after.

The new park will be for dogs that are up-to-date on their licensing and shots. It will also be only for Livonia residents, at least in the beginning.

"There's not going to be any non-residents, at least at first," Davis said. "That's how most of them start out."

Passes are not for sale yet, but are expected to go on sale later this fall and will be available at the city clerk's department in city hall, 33000 Civic Center, Davis said. Once passes go on sale, they'll be good for a year. Passes sold this fall, however, will remain valid until January 2019.

The park will move forward as a city project and without the previously-announced partnership with Tailwaggers 1990, though Davis said he hopes to continue a good relationship with the organization.

"We'll look to them as a resource from time to time," he said. "And we still have a good relationship for them."

The park's opening is something Davis has heard plenty about from residents in recent months. He said the No. 1 question he gets asked around town is when the dog park plans on opening.

"That seems to be the question I get most often, for sure," he said. "A lot of people are excited about it."